Mine arrived today. Great to have so many single edits on CD for the first time. Plus Moonbeam Levels on an official release, of course. It's a sad listen, though, in the circumstances.

Edited afterthought: Like most folk I suppose, I've had very "good quality" Moonbeam Levels for ages now. But to hear it in this pristine quality, it's almost like hearing it for the first time. It's getting me pretty excited about the potential for future vault releases.

[Edited 11/25/16 11:46am]

gandorb said:

luvsexy4all said:

so whats the sales so far??

Apparently poor. No one can find it easily in the stores per the report of orgers, not in the top 100 itunes downloads as of yesterday, and doing best at Amazon CD and Records charts (#8 yesterday). Don't think this chart includes downloads so this will be a minor factor in the Billboard charts.

I had to go to about 3 different stores to get this album, and it wasn't even put on the floor yet. Maybe this was due to black friday.

Is the start of LGC broken for everyone or just me? listening via amazon music not cd currently.

gandorb said:

1p1p1i3 said:

Is the start of LGC broken for everyone or just me? listening via amazon music not cd currently.

I don't thinks it's broken, thats the single edit version. They rush through the intro and mash it together.

skipthecharades said:

gandorb said:

luvsexy4all said:

so whats the sales so far??

What does it matter? Are you a WB or Paisley Park Productions shareholder?

SchlomoThaHomo said:

The single edits and Moonbeam Levels are important, I guess, but the overall sound quality is pretty disappointing. While I'm hearing some volume leveling, I hear no evidence of remastering. I played it in my car today, and even with the bass level up, it sounds so thin. I'm hoping this rush job is not indicative of future releases.

Did WB promote any sort of remastering?

databank said:

luvsexy4all said:

so whats the sales so far??

What does it matter? Are you a WB or Paisley Park Productions shareholder?

no man..if this dont sell it could hinder possible future releases

databank said:

I'm a little confused by the reports above: is any version unreleased, as in a slightly different fade out or lyrics censorship, or were they all out already?

I don't think any tracks other than Moonbeam are previously unreleased versions, just some of them have never had a CD release.

My review? "Unnecessary." I'm sure I have this mix lying about somewhere...

From listening to it, I'm very tempted to say Moonbeam Levels is from a bootleg, not something straight from the vault.

I know, it sounds crazy.

Opinion from the audiophiles?

djThunderfunk said:

databank said:

I'm a little confused by the reports above: is any version unreleased, as in a slightly different fade out or lyrics censorship, or were they all out already?

I don't think any tracks other than Moonbeam are previously unreleased versions, just some of them have never had a CD release.

OK, thx Please lemme know if it happens that anything was in fact unreleased (for the discog)

luvsexy4all said:

databank said:

What does it matter? Are you a WB or Paisley Park Productions shareholder?

no man..if this dont sell it could hinder possible future releases

Er... no.

As an orger explained better than me on another thread there is a difference between mainstream releases aimed at a mainstream market and niche releases aimed at a niche market.

4ever is for the mainstream.

We are a niche market.

From now on, any Prince releases but greatest hits compilations and maybe a couple of popular albums remasters (PR, D&P, SOTT) will be targeted at a niche audience, that is us.

If you expect Prince outtakes compilations or live shows to compete with Justin Timberlake and Pharrell Williams well, it's a bit like expecting a Woody Allen movie to compete with a Michael Bay movie.

However they still produce them Woody Allen movies, don't they?

I bought the CD and I think they did a great job enhancing the sound of specific instruments, otherwise not heard on the originals. for example, the guitar is slightly louder, a tambourine more clear to hear without dominating the vocals.

The only real difference I heard was on "Let's go Crazy". That song's first sentences after "Dearly Beloved" are not the entire wording. In other words, you won't hear when he says in this life, things are much harder than the afterworld, in this life, your on your own'. Those words are omitted from the song. Now, not sure if this is a Prince owned, or WB owned song.

Remember, Princes owns the Masters now on almost all of his songs.

WB does have a section on the booklet thanking the estate of Prince Rodgers Nelson.

But I would recommend buying the CD. It's well done and the songs sound really good. Add it to your collection.

beautyunaffected said:

gandorb said:

luvsexy4all said: Apparently poor. No one can find it easily in the stores per the report of orgers, not in the top 100 itunes downloads as of yesterday, and doing best at Amazon CD and Records charts (#8 yesterday). Don't think this chart includes downloads so this will be a minor factor in the Billboard charts.

I had to go to about 3 different stores to get this album, and it wasn't even put on the floor yet. Maybe this was due to black friday.

Barnes and Noble has it. That's where I bought mine.

Wish it is doing betta on the charts. Worried about Christgau's review.

musicfan77 said:

The only real difference I heard was on "Let's go Crazy". That song's first sentences after "Dearly Beloved" are not the entire wording. In other words, you won't hear when he says in this life, things are much harder than the afterworld, in this life, your on your own'. Those words are omitted from the song. Now, not sure if this is a Prince owned, or WB owned song.

dude, thats the single edit as it's always been

Iamtheorg said:

databank said:

From listening to it, I'm very tempted to say Moonbeam Levels is from a bootleg, not something straight from the vault.

I know, it sounds crazy.

Opinion from the audiophiles?

On another thread most of us are agreeing that Moonbeam is from the same source used for Blast From The Past Vol. 2 a couple years ago. Maybe a better generation or cleaned up better but otherwise essentially the same. Definitely not some major upgrade sourced from master tapes anyway.

Iamtheorg said:

musicfan77 said:

The only real difference I heard was on "Let's go Crazy". That song's first sentences after "Dearly Beloved" are not the entire wording. In other words, you won't hear when he says in this life, things are much harder than the afterworld, in this life, your on your own'. Those words are omitted from the song. Now, not sure if this is a Prince owned, or WB owned song.

dude, thats the single edit as it's always been

musicfan77 said:

djThunderfunk said:

databank said:

From listening to it, I'm very tempted to say Moonbeam Levels is from a bootleg, not something straight from the vault.

I know, it sounds crazy.

Opinion from the audiophiles?

On another thread most of us are agreeing that Moonbeam is from the same source used for Blast From The Past Vol. 2 a couple years ago. Maybe a better generation or cleaned up better but otherwise essentially the same. Definitely not some major upgrade sourced from master tapes anyway.

That'd be... ouch! Which thread is it?

databank said:

djThunderfunk said:

On another thread most of us are agreeing that Moonbeam is from the same source used for Blast From The Past Vol. 2 a couple years ago. Maybe a better generation or cleaned up better but otherwise essentially the same. Definitely not some major upgrade sourced from master tapes anyway.

That'd be... ouch! Which thread is it?

http://prince.org/msg/7/434062

Start at post #940.

[Edited 11/26/16 14:55pm]

djThunderfunk said:

databank said:

That'd be... ouch! Which thread is it?

http://prince.org/msg/7/434062

Start at post #940.

[Edited 11/26/16 14:55pm]

Thx <3 So it's not just me :/

databank said:

databank said:

KingSausage said:

databank said:

Thx <3 So it's not just me :/

I've done some A/B listening tests and it's the same as the BFTP 2 version.

Is it gonna be between us and WB?